Merrick making public statement right now...
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/11/attorney-general-merrick-garland-set-to-make-statement-days-after-fbi-raid-on-trump-home-at-mar-a-lago.html
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Thursday, 11 August 2022 19:08 (one year ago) link
Warrant to be unsealed and that's about it
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 11 August 2022 19:10 (one year ago) link
The warrant has to list specifically what they were looking for and why they knew it was there
― President Keyes, Thursday, 11 August 2022 19:11 (one year ago) link
A very scrupulous “stay tuned folks”
― Bait Kush (Eric H.), Thursday, 11 August 2022 19:12 (one year ago) link
Just as Asshole didn't reveal the subpoena he was served about this stuff months ago, he didn't have to open his (virtual) mouth about the search. The fact that he was compelled to preemptively say shit and allow/encourage his minions to spread lies and stir shit does not bode well for what may have been found, but I guess we'll see, assuming we get more than a page of blacked-out text.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 August 2022 19:13 (one year ago) link
Hot-take observation made elsewhere, it will be curious to see if Trump *opposes* the motion to unseal any of the warrant.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 August 2022 19:15 (one year ago) link
not sure how common it is in other states, but in missouri warrants are public records
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 11 August 2022 19:17 (one year ago) link
Sean Duffy is an anthropomorphic thumb
― castanuts (DJP), Thursday, 11 August 2022 19:23 (one year ago) link
End of the filing concludes: "This Court should unseal Docket Entry 17, subject to the presentation ofcountervailing interests by former President Trump." So yeah, Trump can say no, or sue or whatever to prevent its release/revelation, which if he does is not a good look for a guy that complained so loudly. Garland basically calling his bluff.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 August 2022 19:24 (one year ago) link
Fox News hosts now asking why Trump hasn’t released the warrant. Bret Baer and Martha MacCallum both agree that the next piece of info needed is the warrant, and expressed uncertainty about why Trump hasn’t released it.— Robert J. DeNault (@robertjdenault) August 11, 2022
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 August 2022 21:00 (one year ago) link
They need a new angle fast
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 11 August 2022 21:02 (one year ago) link
For the same reason he didn't return the boxes, obviously. Some secrets and truths are too great for mortals, our species isn't ready for it.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 11 August 2022 21:05 (one year ago) link
'They took all my stuff! But it was, it was planted, it was mine, but that's what they, when they, had any of it all been declassified... mostly press clippings, but yeah they planted evidence! And they took my stuff, really bad.'
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 11 August 2022 21:06 (one year ago) link
Only people who are suspected of being guilty need to produce evidence that they are innocent. Think about it.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 August 2022 21:06 (one year ago) link
Innocent people have nothing to prove. That's just logic.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 August 2022 21:07 (one year ago) link
On yesterday's The Daily, Maggie Haberman said he was fascinated with some stuff, like letters from Kim Jong-un (remember that Trump was sending him some very effusive missives, proudly shared with The Failing New York Times etc.). Was showing them to other people, some other items as well, and some visitors did not have much in the way of security clearance (eyewitness reports, sounds like): https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/10/podcasts/the-daily/fbi-donald-trump-classified-records-mar-a-lago.html Gives the whole long-ass timeline of this recovery effort, of course, all the consideration he got.
― dow, Thursday, 11 August 2022 21:42 (one year ago) link
but, also, if the most important classified document that the fbi raided his house to get is some stupid memento, this country is FUCKED
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 11 August 2022 21:45 (one year ago) link
on the plus side, if it's an important document, this country is REDEEMED
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 11 August 2022 21:47 (one year ago) link
the FATE of the NATION is ON THE LINE....
COMING UP
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 11 August 2022 21:48 (one year ago) link
just an example of things that he does take an interest in and show to whomever, demonstrating his loose behaviorRodan Rodan, you're a bad boyTokyoIs not your toy
― dow, Thursday, 11 August 2022 21:49 (one year ago) link
I imagine it's very possible/likely that Asshole (who was in NY) was told of the search warrant action, lashed out without even knowing what the warrant was about, mobilized his hornets and sycophants, and only then was informed by his lawyers what was in the warrant. And is now in an untenable position. Release the information and reveal the crime he possibly committed, or refuse and look even more guilty.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 August 2022 22:03 (one year ago) link
In other words, *classic* Trump.
if you read Charlie Kirk's twitter feed it's basically just "no u" rn
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Thursday, 11 August 2022 22:13 (one year ago) link
wait, why would anybody do that
I heard a great quote from someone on the news right now, basically: "The DOJ played this quietly, Donald Trump is the one that made it loud."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 August 2022 22:21 (one year ago) link
he's like Toshiro Mifune when he gets woken up in Seven Samurai
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Thursday, 11 August 2022 22:31 (one year ago) link
Won't he just say that he would love to release the warrant but can't because he's, uh, being audited?
― henry s, Thursday, 11 August 2022 22:44 (one year ago) link
lol
Trump allies are discussing the possibility of challenging DOJ's motion to unseal the Mar-a-Lago search warrant. They've contacted outside lawyers about helping them.confirmed by me & @maggieNYT https://t.co/7mngDhlAxz— Katie Benner (@ktbenner) August 11, 2022
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 August 2022 22:56 (one year ago) link
fwiw JiC your careful insistence on 'Asshole' is not really any better than going with 'Drumpf'
okay it's actually slightly better, but still
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 August 2022 22:57 (one year ago) link
Happy to call him Trump. It's all really the same thing, isn't it?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 August 2022 23:00 (one year ago) link
words are just the same letters in different orders
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 11 August 2022 23:02 (one year ago) link
mio
In about two years people are going to be insisting that Trump was actually Antifa
― President Keyes, Thursday, 11 August 2022 23:02 (one year ago) link
some were saying that in 2016 when he was polling so badly!
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Thursday, 11 August 2022 23:08 (one year ago) link
anyway it is clear how this will end, with the Rolling Stones killed
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Thursday, 11 August 2022 23:09 (one year ago) link
Don't go there, but the Fox News site frames it as "Garland has until 3:00 tomorrow to convince Trump to release the warrant." Dang it, he wriggled out of another one!
― henry s, Friday, 12 August 2022 00:10 (one year ago) link
My guess is that he agrees to release it, but refers to it as the "unwarrant."
― henry s, Friday, 12 August 2022 00:11 (one year ago) link
um
FBI searched Trump’s home looking for nuclear documents and other items, according to people familiar with the investigation https://t.co/kbfLiO2veE— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 12, 2022
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 12 August 2022 00:23 (one year ago) link
wait the documents are radioactive?
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Friday, 12 August 2022 00:23 (one year ago) link
Classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items FBI agents sought in a search of former president Donald Trump’s Florida residence on Monday, according to people familiar with the investigation.Experts in classified information said the unusual search underscores deep concern among government officials about the types of information they thought could be located at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club and potentially in danger of falling into the wrong hands.The people who described some of the material that agents were seeking spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation. They did not offer additional details about what type of information the agents were seeking, including whether it involved weapons belonging to the United States or some other nation. Nor did they say if such documents were recovered as part of the search. A Trump spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Justice Department and FBI declined to comment.
The people who described some of the material that agents were seeking spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation. They did not offer additional details about what type of information the agents were seeking, including whether it involved weapons belonging to the United States or some other nation. Nor did they say if such documents were recovered as part of the search. A Trump spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Justice Department and FBI declined to comment.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 12 August 2022 00:25 (one year ago) link
swear to god, if we tried and failed to get him on so many big things over four years, and him taking home cardboard boxes full of shit out in the open is what does him in....
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Friday, 12 August 2022 00:26 (one year ago) link
there were stories about him being super into nukes
― lag∞n, Friday, 12 August 2022 00:26 (one year ago) link
its always like that its never the worst thing, tho tbf no one really tried to get him before xp
― lag∞n, Friday, 12 August 2022 00:27 (one year ago) link
My Own Private Search Warrant
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 12 August 2022 00:27 (one year ago) link
^Kanye
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Friday, 12 August 2022 00:28 (one year ago) link
as much as I'd be excited about Trump being indicted, I probably wouldn't leave my house for a week knowing how his loony-toons base would react
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Friday, 12 August 2022 00:29 (one year ago) link
(it should still happen)
maybe he lost a golf game with Putin... pee tape vs. strategic nuclear documentation, winner takes all
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 12 August 2022 00:29 (one year ago) link
Urkel defense is probably all he has going for him
https://c.tenor.com/oQOEF5bfCeIAAAAS/family-matters-did-i-do-that.gif
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 12 August 2022 00:34 (one year ago) link
Gee I wonder who might be interested in classified info about US nukes
― frogbs, Friday, 12 August 2022 00:39 (one year ago) link